Computational prediction and molecular confirmation of Helitron transposons in the maize genome

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Table 1 Known HelA Type Helitrons in Maize

Helitron	Maize line	Accession	Start	End	Size	Source
HelA-1b	W22	DQ186636	1	5189	5189	He & Dooner, 2005 [10]
HelA-1c	W22	DQ186637	1	5189	5189	Li & Dooner, 2005 [11]
Hel1-1		AF293457	1	~	17700	Lal et al., 2003 [2]
Hel1-2		AY645947	1	6525	6525	Gupta et al., 2005 [3]
Hel1-3a	B73	AF46693	48370	82950	34581	Gupta et al., 2005 [3]
Hel1-3b	B73	AF466932	38471	73780	35310	Gupta et al., 2005 [3]
Hel1-4	BSS53	AF090447	4408	22158	17751	Gupta et al., 2005 [3]
Hel1-5a	McC	DQ186635	1	5858	5858	Lai et al., 2005 [4]
Hel1-7a	B73	AY664413	210885	205938	4946	Morgante et al., 2005 [5]
Hel1-7c	Mo17	DQ002408	47752	56904	9153	Brunner et al, 2005 [12]
Hel1-7d	Mo17	DQ002406	61262	66313	5052	Brunner et al, 2005 [12]
Hel1-8	B73	AY664413	240549	259755	19207	Morgante et al., 2005 [5]
Hel1-9	B73	AY664413	7748	5070	2677	Morgante et al., 2005 [5]
Hel1-10	B73	AY664414	89533	81613	7919	Morgante et al., 2005 [5]
Hel1-12	B73	AY371488	96529	89735	6793	Morgante et al., 2005 [5]
Hel1-13	B73	AY530951	134622	138054	3433	Morgante et al., 2005 [5]
Hel1-14	B73	AY664419	262092	273049	10958	Morgante et al., 2005 [5]
Hel1-15	B73	AY664415	266036	267537	1502	Morgante et al., 2005 [5]

All the Helitrons in this table, which was kindly provided by Dr. S. Lal, have been published. The pertinent references are listed under the "Source" column. The accession numbers refer to entries in the GenBank sequence database: the Helitron coordinates in the sequence are identified under the "Start" and "End" columns.

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